The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1887-06-20
THREE STATES IN BRIEF.
GEORGIA, FLORIDA AND SOUTH
CAROLINA PUT IN TYPE.

Death at Augusta Augustus Pests
suicide al Covington - Stockeon's
big jug Trade 80 valdosta's Fish
Feast-A Valuable Pair OF Specs.
GEORGIA
Stockton ships lots of Jugs to Naldosta.
Thermometer l0o' at Naldosta one dAy
aast week.
The Atlanta Journal comes out in pipss
tinted paper, and will use that color in she
future.
There is not bald-headed man in Rron-
wood. This speaks web for tho married
ladies of that town.
At least three opium denS are being oyer~
,ated in Augusta, it is said, by Cinnamon,
and their customers are becoming numerous
The fire alarm bell, recently purchased tv
the Madison City Council, has arrived, and
has been placed in the tower on the new city
hall
The Fourth of July viii be largely cele-
brated in Macon. The public library is get
ting up the biggest entertainment il has
ever given.
Another new train of cars painted wine
color, adopted by the Central railroad sys-
TEN, was sent out from the Macon shops
Sunday morning.
THE popgun has been strangely silent for
ming another agony for u.s. apprehensively
remarks the Smithville NeiuS.
More jugs are sold at Madison now than
ever before in the history of the city. They
are filled with anti prohibition, and shipped
to the neighboring dry counties.
A Tennessee fruit broker confesses that
his customers prefer Georgia rattlesnake
watermelons to those raised in Tennessee
The Georgia melon is ON top wherever it
goes
Mr.. j. B. L. Cobb makes capital libra
rian at the Athens University He has
systenatized the shelves and indexed the
books so that he can find the smallest
volume.
The Macon Construction Company have
awarded the contract for the bridging, tres
fleing and the crosSties of the South Georgia
and Florida railroad 10 MeSsrS. Baker &
Pittman, of Townsville.
There are thirty-three prisoners confined
in the Macon Jail. Frost, the bigamist, and
Charlie Williams, the burglar, have BEEN
carried TO the convict camp. Frost wept
bitterly when being taken away.
Great preparations have been made in
Dawson for the commencement of the South
Georgia Male and Female College. The
commencement sermon was preached YES
tendsy by the Rev. J. R, Parker, of For
eyth.
Mrs j. ". Butler, formerly Miss Mollie
johnson, of Griffin, died at Chattanooga
THURSDAY, after a long illness of infianama-
ltion Of the bowels She was married three
fmonths ago. Her remains were taken to
Griffin for burial.
The closing exercises of cambridge Acad-
envy at the court house Saturday night was
witnessed by a large and well pleased audi
ence After prayer by Rev. Mr.. Crumphler,
bliss Annie Campbell delivered the Salut-
story address in charming manner.
On b S. Twins place, near Washington.
Wednesday afternoon, two negro bows were
examining pistol, when it was accidentally
discharged The hall lodged in the abdomen
of one Of the BOYS He died Thursday
afternoon from the effects Of the wound.
A negro brought into Albany recently a
huge loggerhesd turtle weighing 90 pounds
His turTleship was caught on a trot line in
the Flint river. The head and neck Were as
large as thai Of full-grown bull dog, and
It's claws were two inches long and looked
trightful
Mr.. Dowell, Of Birmingham, is in Maeii-
son SuperintsndIng the construction of a
magazine for storing dynamite and giant
powder 20 be used in building the Macon
and Covingfon railroad from Madison 10
Athens The site selected is about a mile
from town,
Henry Walton, the negro who killed Tink
Daniel on Friday, Nav "a. failed TO pnet a
new trial and was sentenced by Judge John
T. Clark, on Thursday of last week. to De
hanged on Saturday, Aug. ). He commit
ted cold-blooded murder and will meet the
fate he deserves.
DIR. lvey, who farms near Smithville, re-
ports that ON Sunday last he heard one of his
hogs squealing, and, running out he found
that an alligator had seized and was endeav-
oring to drag it into thepond. The hog sue
ceeded in getting away, but his flesh was
fearfully lacerated.
Senator Alfred H. Colquitt delivered a
lengthy, able, interesting and instructive
address on agriculture before the annual
meeting and barbecue of the Richmond
County Agriculture Society Friday. He
was highly fiattered upon the fine Grafton.
Congressman George Barnes also spoke upon
the same subject.
The Catherine Killain case was decided
IN the Atlanta Superior Court at 10: 10
O'Clock Saturday night, after occupying the
courts attention since Monday. a verdict
of $4,000 was returned for the plaintiff
against the Augusta and Knoxville railroad.
The damages sued for, killing of the plain
tiff's husband, was SIS, 900.
Fresh fish in large quantities came into
Valdosta last Wednesday. Ono wagon
brought about five bushels from the Grassy
POND, and during the day three or four buggy
loads came in from different directions, and
IN the afternoon the negroes began to come
in from the creeks near town loaded with
Yarmouth perch. Fish, and good ones, sold
cheap.
Nearly all the peach trees in and around
Athens are whitening and diving. The
leaves wrinkle up and turn yellow, which
symptom is followed by the death of the
tree. 1t is doubtless caused by insects, for
which no remedy is known The peach
crop in this climate, of late years, is a total
failure. The blight on pear trees has about
disappeared.
There are at present ten prisoners in the
Glynn county jail, nine men and one
woman. Seven of the men are working on
the chain gang and two are convicts from
Wayne county, sent for safe keeping until
called for by the keeper Of the penitentiary.
The woman is crazy and will probably be
taken to Milledgeville.
While worlmen were engaged in the At
lanta yard of the Western and Atlantic
Friday afternoon in jscking up an engine
the lackscrew slipped, allowing portion of
the engine TO descend ON the leg of William
Seay, causing compound fracture above
the knee and driving an iron pin under the
knee cap. The injuries are exceedingly
painful and dangerous
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